Canada's population increased to 35,151,728 last year largely driven by growth in the West, according to 2016 census data released Wednesday by Statistics Canada. "From East to West, population growth gets stronger and that's a trend we've seen for the last few censuses," says Mihorean. Quebec's population grew 3.3 per cent to 8.2 million, followed by British Columbia at 4.6 million, Alberta at 4.1 million, Manitoba at 1.3 million and Saskatchewan at 1.1 million. Montreal's population has surged past the four million mark to 4.1 million, while Vancouver's population now stands at 2.5 million, up 6.5 per cent. The population and dwelling counts mark the first set of data from the mandatory short-form 2016 census to be released by Statistics Canada.

Source: CBC News February 08, 2017 13:48 UTC